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CVE-2020-36649: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

January 11, 2023 (updated January 12, 2023)

A vulnerability was found in mholt PapaParse up to 5.1.x. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file papaparse.js. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. Upgrading to version 5.2.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 235a12758cd77266d2e98fd715f53536b34ad621. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-218004.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-798h-g4j5-5537
  • github.com/mholt/PapaParse/commit/235a12758cd77266d2e98fd715f53536b34ad621
  • github.com/mholt/PapaParse/issues/777
  • github.com/mholt/PapaParse/pull/779
  • github.com/mholt/PapaParse/releases/tag/5.2.0
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36649
  • vuldb.com/?ctiid.218004
  • vuldb.com/?id.218004

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Affected versions

All versions before 5.2.0

Fixed versions

  • 5.2.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.2.0 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Source file

npm/papaparse/CVE-2020-36649.yml

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